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March 16 2018 8:00 AMThe Made-Up Story About How Big Sugar Shifted the Blame to FatIt’s certainly tempting to blame corporate bad guys, but the sugar industry didn’t cook up the low-fat diet.David Merritt Johns and Gerald M. Oppenheimer

March 12 2018 5:50 AMRunning From the PainExercise can be a very effective way to treat depression. So why don’t American doctors prescribe it?Scott Douglas

March 8 2018 1:02 PMAre We Reviving Too Many Opioid Overdoses? Is This Really a Question?A new paper suggests the overdose-reversing drug naloxone presents a “moral hazard.” The economists’ case is built on an immoral premise.Jeremy Samuel Faust

Feb. 27 2018 5:31 PMFive Improvements We Should Make to Mental Health CareEven if they won’t prevent gun deaths.Darby Saxbe and June Gruber

Feb. 21 2018 11:02 AMThe Only Certainty in Reproductive Health Is UncertaintyLena Dunham’s painful essay about her hysterectomy should remind us that medicine is highly individual and often outside of our control.Anna Reinert

Feb. 15 2018 2:41 PMTrump Doesn’t Care About What Actually Causes ViolenceAnger, not mental illness, is most associated with violence. And our president stokes it.Susan Matthews

Feb. 15 2018 5:58 AMHow to Find Shelter in the Storm of #MeTooThe current public litigation around sexual misconduct has been exhausting and grueling, especially for survivors. But there’s a way forward.Betty Teng

Feb. 8 2018 10:29 AMThe Lie Behind the Right to TryHidden behind all of the Republican rhetoric is the reality that the legislation wouldn’t actually do almost anything.Alex Barasch

Feb. 5 2018 2:33 PMPrescribing Mindfulness Allows Doctors to Ignore Legitimate Female PainThis trend offloads the responsibility of care from the medical system to the woman. And its efficacy is questionable at best.Sarah Yahm

Jan. 30 2018 7:32 PMIs 20.8 Million Pain Pills Over a Decade a Lot for One Town? It Depends.Over-prescription is a real danger, but reducing the opioid crisis to a numbers game won’t bring about a solution.Alex Barasch

Jan. 22 2018 5:08 PMAt Birth, Humans Are the Fattest Species on Record. Why?Contrary to popular belief, baby fat equips us for more than just the cold.Morgan K. Hoke

Jan. 18 2018 1:27 PMThere’s a Long History of Presidential Health Being a Well-Kept SecretThe American public has mostly found out about health problems only after past presidents have left office.Marc Siegel

Jan. 16 2018 5:20 PMTrump’s Height and Weight Puts Him Just on the Cusp of ObesityIf he were one pound heavier, or a half-inch shorter, the numbers wouldn’t be so forgiving.Jeremy Samuel Faust

March 15 2018 2:52 PMWhy Not Get Your Drugs at the Barbershop?Barbers used to perform surgery on their clients—they could certainly dole out medication today.Nisarg A. Patel

March 9 2018 9:00 AMTrump Is Putting Us on Course for a Global Health DisasterBy refusing to invest in proven programs and focusing on divisive rhetoric, the president is undermining our nascent global health partnerships.Cameron Nutt and Patrick Adams

March 6 2018 2:56 PMType 1 Diabetes Is No Longer Just for KidsThe disease, once assumed to always start in childhood, can show up at any stage of life. And patients are having a tricky time getting the right diagnosis.Amy Mackinnon

Feb. 22 2018 2:11 PMHow Safe Injection Facilities Could Reduce Fentanyl OverdosesFentanyl has perhaps been the most intractable part of the opioid crisis, but new strategies being deployed in San Francisco and Philadelphia might help.Alex Barasch

Feb. 21 2018 10:00 AMAre IV Bags Necessary to Rehydrate Patients?In the months since Hurricane Maria, U.S. hospitals have dealt with an IV bag shortage. It turns out that might not be such a bad thing.Jeremy Samuel Faust

Feb. 12 2018 2:15 PMIn 2018, Should We Take Ubers or Ambulances to the Hospital?The question of transportation is actually not that new. Here’s what the experts advise.Lila Thulin

Feb. 5 2018 7:45 PMWhat David Brooks Misunderstands About AbortionIn his latest column, Brooks tries to barter essential health benefits for more votes. But he fundamentally misunderstands his subject.Cheryl Axelrod

Feb. 2 2018 5:45 AMCan We Shame Perpetrators of Sexual Misconduct Into Becoming Better People?Probably. But we need to figure out how to correctly deploy this powerful emotional tool.Linda Doyle

Feb. 1 2018 5:43 AMCuba’s Sonic Attacks Show Us Just How Susceptible Our Brains Are to Mass HysteriaThe symptoms so many Americans experienced were probably not caused by a secret weapon. That doesn’t mean they’re not real.Frank Bures

Jan. 23 2018 2:16 PMShe Asked for Help for Postpartum Depression. The Nurse Called the Cops.Our lack of mental–physical health care integration and abysmal postpartum support hurt parents and families.Darby Saxbe

Jan. 18 2018 6:17 PMHHS’s New Rule Allows Health Care Workers to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People and Abortion SeekersThis isn’t just another form of Trumpian bigotry, which is why we should be even more nervous.Alex Barasch

Jan. 18 2018 9:07 AMPeople Struggling With Addiction Need Help. Does Forcing Them Into Treatment Work?It depends on the type of coercion you use.Carl Erik Fisher

Jan. 16 2018 6:04 AMWe Should Treat Everyone Like We Treat HIV-Positive PatientsThe Ryan White program is a model for comprehensive health care delivery. But we don’t use it, because we barely even know about it.Brian Palmer

Jan. 11 2018 5:45 PMIs Watching the News Actually Bad for Your Health?A gym chain has banned cable news from its TVs because they interfere with its “healthy way of life philosophy.”Alex Barasch